What is the difference between Zildjian and K. Zildjian cymbals?
A. While the owners of both companies come from the same family lineage, the companies were completely separate. Zildjian is an American company with all of its cymbals produced in the United States or Canada. K. Zildjian created all of their cymbals in Turkey. In the early 1970’s, Zildjian purchased the rights to the K. Zildjian name and the Istanbul factory was closed. Q. What is an EAK Zildjian? A. In the early 1980’s, Zildjian continued the K Zildjian line by producing the last of their hand hammered cymbals. For a short few years, Zildjian produced these hand hammered K’s and they have become known as Early American K’s….EAK. Q. I’ve heard of Canadian K’s. What are those? A. Zildjian used to own the cymbal factory in Canada that later became the Sabian factory. Prior to producing the EAK’s, Zildjian first resurrected the K line in their Canadian factory. Cymbalsmiths from K. Zildjian in Istanbul had been relocated to the Canada to produce cymbals that were very much like the las
